Glen Echo Country Club
Clubhouse, April 2012
Club information
LocationNormandy, St. Louis County, near St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Established1901
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted1904 Summer Olympics
WebsiteOfficial website
Designed byJames Foulis[1]
Par71[2]
Length6382 yards[3] Longest hole is #10 - 510 yards[1]

Glen Echo County Club, located in Normandy, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb,[4] is a private golf club that was founded by George McGrew and his son-in-law, Albert Bond Lambert.[1] Completed in 1901, it was the first 18-hole golf course in St. Louis and the first golf course constructed west of the Mississippi River.[1] The course hosted the golf events for the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1][5]

History

The club was designed by James Foulis from Scotland, winner of the 1896 U.S. Open, and built by him and his brother Robert.[1] It opened on May 25, 1901 and hosted the golf events for the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1] The LPGA Tour visited the course, hosting the St. Louis Women's Invitational in 1954, 1964, and 1970.[1]

Hole information

All information about the holes are from this source.[1]

Hole # Name Par Yards
1 Lilac Way 4 380
2 The Valley 4 432
3 Spooks 4 357
4 Long Drive 5 538
5 Roadway 4 277
6 The Glen 3 176
7 Boomerang 4 468
8 Alps 5 472
9 Fountain 3 164
       
Hole # Name Par Yards
10 Hard Scrabble 5 510
11 Hillside 3 244
12 Westward Ho 4 406
13 Echo 4 353
14 Dewdrop 3 136
15 The Lake 4 360
16 Punch Bowl 4 434
17 Old Hickory 4 384
18 Sweet Home 4 411

Other amenities

The course offers a short range tee and a separate recently regrassed to Zoysia Long range. driving range, a chipping green, and a practice bunker.[4] It is a bent grass green with allowance for walking and golf carts on the course.[4][6] The fairways for the course are Zoysia grass. Bunkers were renovated in the fall of 2012 Goalby Golf Design and work completed by Glen Echo staff. Bunkers were modified to the old style flat bottomed bunker.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Healey, Jim. "Glen Echo County Club". golfclubatlas.com. Accessed 7 July 2010.
  2. ^ Golf course information. - accessed 7 July 2010.
  3. ^ Golflink.com profile of the Glen Echo Country Club. - accessed 7 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Golfnation.com profile of Glen Echo Country Club. Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 7 July 2010.
  5. ^ Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. Archived August 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine pp. 231, 233.
  6. ^ Golf.com profile of the Glen Echo Country Club. - accessed 7 July 2010.

External links

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Venues of the 1904 Summer Olympics (St. Louis)
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